Coin-chute for coin-operated machines.



R. JIDICKIE. COIN CHUTE FOR COIN OPERATED MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 5. 1911.

Patented. July 24, 1917.

EOBEBIT JAMES FICKIE, Q15 KELBURN, NEW FEALAHD.

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To all whom it may concern; p

Be it known that I, ROBERT JAMES Dionne,

a subject of the Kin of Great Britain, re-

siding at Kelburn, elling'ton, New Zea- 5 land, have invented a new and useful lim- .to provide an proved Goin-Chute for Coin-Operated Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same. 1' v This invention has been devised in order chute for the introduction of coins into coin operated machines of all classes.

The new construction is designed to pre vent the entry of damaged or distorted coins into the mechanism of the machineand thereby to saveany liability of a machine becoming choked by a distorted, or damaged coi n lodging within the coin chute. Wlth the present invention provision is made for the automatic rejection of any such coins and also for the rejection of coins of a coin is, introduced into the upper end of the V chute and then to swing back to itsnormal position, height such that only a 00111 of the size for which it is designed and of uniform roundness will pass down it while coins of similar size but with distorted edges will be gripped and held between its top and bottom. Whena distorted coin is held in the chute, the next coin by swingiug'out the bottom will release such distorted coin and allow 'it to fall away from the chute. The chute is also arranged at an incline toward the side opposite to that upon which the bottom swings so that any smaller coin on introduction into the chute willfall out of its'open side.

In describing the invention reference will be made to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Figure 1 is. an' upper side elevation of the coin chute. i

Fig. 2 is a back end elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a lower side elevation, and

Fig. i a front end elevation thereof.

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improved construction of coin nd in making the chute of a Patented July 24L, 191i f.

Application fled January 5, W17. Serial 1M0. ltloflttl.

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional elevation lookmgjromthe back end of the chute.

1 6 1s a detaihview illustrating means for t e accurate adjustment of the height of the coin s passage in the chute.

carrying out the invention, the chute is formed by a fixed portion 7 constituting the lower side and'top of the chute and made integral with or firmly attached to a front plate 8 This fixed portion is arranged at an incline from front to rear and also with a side inclination from its bottom edge, up and out. The coin slot 9 is also made with a' corresponding side inclination.

- The upper edge of the fixed portion is made of such cross sectional shape as to form a channel 10 (Figs. 4 and 5) which extends the full length of the chute.

The other portion of the chute is formed by a swinging member 11 which is attached at its ends to arms 12 and 13 which arms are swung on a hinge rod 14 carried along the top of the fixed portion 7. This swinging member thus, by gravity, will fall and rest on the upper face of the fixed portion and, to aid such action, it may be suitably weighted, as at 15 (Figs. 1 and 2). Its lower e the lower edge of the fixed portion and is made of such cross sectional shape as to form an inwardly extending ledge 16 and an outer edge 17'. This ledge and edge together with the face '18 of the fixed member 7 against which the ledge engages, form a groove 30, down which a coin on its edge may roll. The groove extends to near the back of the plate 8 and beneath the bottom end of the coin slot 9 so that a coin inserted through the slot will run into the groove.

A passage for the coin inserted in the slot having the coin entry slot 9 made therein.

dge is arranged to register with is thus provided throughthe chute, the coin 4 resting upon and rolling down the groove 30 and being held at its upper edge inthe groove 10.

- Attached to'the arm 12 is a cam; 19 which extends inwardly therefrom across the back face of the plate 8 and the lower end of the coin slot 9. This cam is sofi 'shaped that it will be in the path of the proper coin entering the slot but will be pushed to one side when pressure is exerted on the coin to insert it in theslot and allow the coin to enter and then to pass over the cam and to hee cause the member 11 shown by it; -This side push of the cam will to swing out on its ivot so that theledge 16 willmove away our the vface 18 of the fixed member, as

he dotted lines'in Fig. .5. Th"-'face of the lower or rigid member is cut a ay throughout most of its length with i exception of the top groove or channel inclination of the chute,

' the lower edge '1 and the bottom face 18.

between the and the upper edge it is rolling down the groove denomination but In order to edge passing'down through the chute, a number'of screws 20 are screwed through the top of the fixed member 7 so as to project into the groove 10 at regular intervals apart along such groove as shown particularly in Fig. 6. These screws form pegs that wlllbe engaged by any irregularity in the coins edge so as to stop it and hold it in the chute, their bottoms being accurately adjusted to just permit of the passage between them and the bottom 16 of the groove 30 of a coin of uniform circumferential edge. Gonse,

quently when a coin has thus been checked by the screw pegs 20 and is held in the chute, it will remam there until another coin i inserted through the slot 9' and the swinging' member turned out, when the coin will lose the support of the ledge 16 and will drop down out of the chute. order thatacoin may not pass right into the chute before the swinging member has dropped back after the coin passes across the cam 19, means are provided to engage the coin and hold it while the swinging' member is out and then to release it when that member closes. llhese means consist in a pin 22 that is made fast to a bow 23 that extends from the upper side of the swinging member 11, over the top of the chute to the underside thereof. The pin. is attached to fthis-latter end of the bow and so positioned that when the member 11 is closed, the pin will not prevent the coins passage through the chute, but whensuch' member is swung out, the pin will move in and lie at right angles across the chuteso as to form a block to the coin passing through, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 5. This pin 22 is made of such a len h that its'inner end will move back clear 0 the coins passage simultaneously with the closing of the chute to form the supporting groove for the coin.

' It is also so positioned that the coin while ledge 24 (shown in stopped by it, will be held upon a short dotted linesin Figs. 1

.a swinging intents and 3 which extends from the inside of the fixed member 7 and leadsdown at an incline to the top end] of the ledge 16. The

coin while resting on this ledge 24, will be kept fromfalling out sidewise by a solid portion 25 of the wall of the fixed member on the lower side, and by guards 26 (Fig. 1) fixed to the plate 8 on the upper side.

1. A coin chute formed by a fixed memher having a. groove extending along its upper edge adapted to receive the edge of a coin and provided with adjustable pegs projecting down into-the groove at intervals in its length, a swinging member pivoted upon such fixed member and having a coin sup porting ledge along slot arranged at the end means upon the a coin passing its bottom edge, a com of the chute, and

through the coin slot swinging member wherwevll jyi cause the swinging member to turn out from the fixed member, substantially as specified.

2. A coin chute formed by a fixed member having a groove extending along its upper edge adapted to receive the upper edge of a coin and provided with adjustable pegs projecting down into the groove at intervals in therewith and formed with a coin supporting ledge along its bottom edge, a coin slot arranged at-the end of the chute, and a cam attached to the swinging member and exits length, a swinging member pivoted upon such fixed member and normally engagmg tending across a portion of the coin slot,

substantially as specified.

. a a coin chute formed by a rigid member edge having a groove along its upper adapted to receive the upper edge of a coin, member pivoted upon the rigid member and normally engaging therewlth groove in the rigid member, adjustable pegs arranged at intervals along the said groove,

-a coin slot at one endof the chute, a cam upon the swinging member arranged to'extend across a portion of the coin slot, a'

coin supporting ledge upon the fixed member adjacent to the said coin slot and means whereby a coin may be retained on such ledge while the swingingmember is out of normal position, substantially as specified.

4. A coin chute formed, by a rigid memher having a groove along its upper edge adapted to receive the upper edge of a 00111,'

a swinging member pivoted upon the-rigid member and normally engaging therewith and formed with a coin supporting ledge arranged parallel with and beneath the groovein the rigid member, adjustable pegs arranged at intervals along the said groove, a coin slot at one end of the chute, a cam upon the swinging member arranged to extend across a portion of the coin slot, a coin and formed with a coin supporting ledge arranged parallel with and beneath the supporting ledge upon the fixed member ad 1 jacent to the said coin slot, a, curved bow attached to the swinging member and extending up over the top of the chute and down on the other side thereof and a, pin

fixed to the end of such how and positionedi to extend across the coin chute when the 7 swinging member opens,- substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two sub- 1 seribing witnesses.

ROBERT JAMES DIOKIE.

, Witnesses:

' W, ALEXANDER, M. E. BROWN. 

